Iowa's 99 counties: Those county officials blame a new state law that shift control over "Medicaid" funded mental health services from counties to the state. The change is part of larger reforms of Iowa's mental health care system designed to make services more uniform, in part by taking control away each of Iowa's 99 counties.
In the past, counties used local property taxes and state money to fund their part of "Medicaid" a federal program that pays for medical and other services for low-income people. Many are elderly or have disabilities.
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